Jul 24 Anthony Johnson, a free African American, receives grant of 250 acres in Virginia
Famous Birthdays
Jul 12 Margaret Theresa of Spain, daughter of Philip IV, wife and niece of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (the child in Velázquez Las Meninas, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1673)
Jul 22 Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Austrian composer, born in Würzburg, Electorate of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1711)